Big South Fork Scenic 106 ready for a 11AM excursion.

The proud seller stands before a former NS unit about to be renumbered for the new owner. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Yard switcher has set out the Santa Fe Southern unit for interchange to NS for shipment west. It shares the yard with a couple of loads of lumber and some heavy mining equipment. Now they are he... (more)

Lowest bid makes strange bedfellows. This former DRGW unit is towing the newly repainted ex-CSX GP16 out to the interchange with NS. Despite looking good in the new paint the "foreigner" is with... (more)

K&T's facility in the tiny town sits hard by the CNO&TP main. Here we see the main, the scale house, NS maintenance of way trailers and the entire roster or ex-DRGW Alcos. In the seventies there... (more)

Originally owned by DRGW this old veteran has fresh paint that belies her advanced age as she prepares to ascend the grade from that last operating coal mine on the line.

Not actually 2002 but in transition to 6447, this former N&W unit has been painted and partially lettered under the auspices of Coastline Rail Services. Photo by Jim Satterwhite.

After an afternoon excursion Big South Fork Scenic SW9 takes a pause before the crew takes it back to the barn.

A battered and worn UP AC4400CW leads southbound NS 117 by Stearns.

K&T #12 coming into Stearns KY - January 1962

K&T #11 working at Stearns KY in this September 1960 scene.

With patrons aboard Big South Fork's 106 gets ready to depart for another scenic trip.

With a friendly wave from engineer Paul Davis, Kentucky & Tennessee SW9 #106 starts down the hill out of the yard and shop area at Stearns, headed "down the mountain" to the Blue Heron Mining Camp... (more)

Retired Kentucky & Tennessee Railway Alco S2 #105, lettered for the K&T's Big South Fork Scenic operation, rests inside the old K&T Heavy Repair Shop at Stearns. This very shop is where K&T 12, a.... (more)

With a friendly wave from the engineer, a K&T Big South Fork Scenic excursion departs the yard and shop area at Stearns, headed down the hill towards their destination at the Blue Heron Mining Cam... (more)